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Posted on: May 17, 2018

200-plus Anaheim employees, family give back in inaugural day of community service

ANAHEIM, Calif. (May 15, 2018) — More than 200 Anaheim city employees and their families came together on Saturday, May 12, for a day of volunteer community service benefiting seniors, veterans, students, neighborhoods and those in need.

Volunteers spent the morning working on nine projects across Anaheim as part of the Big Give, an inaugural day of community service by Anaheim employees.

The Big Give included employees from across Anaheim, including the Anaheim Police Department, Anaheim Fire & Rescue, Anaheim Public Utilities, Public Works, Community Services and the city’s administrative departments and divisions.

A big thanks also goes out to Love Anaheim, a nonprofit that brings together community service volunteers, Habitat for Humanity and other community groups that also pitched in.

The community service day comes after Anaheim’s City Council in November adopted “City of Kindness” as the city’s official motto and encouraged additional efforts to spread kindness throughout Anaheim.

You can watch the Big Give teams in action in our video from the day here. You can also find a slideshow with more pictures here.

ABOUT ANAHEIM — Anaheim is a full-service city supporting more than 358,000 residents, 20,000 businesses and 25 million annual visitors. The city provides public safety through the Anaheim Police Department and Anaheim Fire & Rescue, water and power service through Anaheim Public Utilities, parks, community centers, family services and libraries through Anaheim Community Services, neighborhood and transportation improvements through Anaheim Public Works and community revitalization through Community & Economic Development. Anaheim is a modern, diverse city with a proud history dating back to its 1857 founding. Anaheim is known worldwide as the home of the Disneyland Resort, including Walt Disney’s original Disneyland Park, as well as Angel Stadium of Anaheim and Angels Baseball, Honda Center and the Anaheim Ducks, and the Anaheim Convention Center, the largest on the West Coast. Anaheim’s thriving visitor industry and business community help support the city’s neighborhoods and make Anaheim a great place to live, work and play. For more, please see www.anaheim.net.Back to top